Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4802 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

humbliehumbly

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 325 times in 180 works
Consistency: 99.3% (325 of 327)
Reach if approved: ~344 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: humbly
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 327 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (325 changes in 180 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 325)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vs, as we should. I beseech you therefore in the Name of Iesus Christ, humbliehumbly to praise God for those meanes which hee offereth in mercie vnto you, and …
With rule
… vs, as we should. I beseech you therefore in the Name of Iesus Christ, humbliehumbly to praise God for those meanes which hee offereth in mercie vnto you, and …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 859 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cast off thy crosse throgh impatiencie: but that I may adhere firmly vnto thee, humbliehumbly submit my selfe to thy will, patiently waite and watch for thy comming and …
With rule
… cast off thy crosse throgh impatiencie: but that I may adhere firmly vnto thee, humbliehumbly submit my selfe to thy will, patiently waite and watch for thy comming and …
Alexander Hume · Treatise of Conscience Wherein Divers Secrets are Discovered · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is ready to averte and prove as this honorable Court shall a vvard. And humbliehumbly prayeth to be dismissed out of the same vvith his costs and charges against …
With rule
… is ready to averte and prove as this honorable Court shall a vvard. And humbliehumbly prayeth to be dismissed out of the same vvith his costs and charges against …
John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in ſome thinges (though not eſpied by my ſelfe) taſt of my imperfections. Therefore humbliehumbly I ſubmit theſe imperfections whatſoeuer, to the gentil correction of every wiſe and diſcreete …
With rule
… in ſome thinges (though not eſpied by my ſelfe) taſt of my imperfections. Therefore humbliehumbly I ſubmit theſe imperfections whatſoeuer, to the gentil correction of every wiſe and diſcreete …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · Open in the reader
Printed
Laſtlie / I moſt humbliehumbly and earneſtlie beſeech theyr Honors and worſhips in whoſe handes this writting of myne …
With rule
Laſtlie / I moſt humbliehumbly and earneſtlie beſeech theyr Honors and worſhips in whoſe handes this writting of myne …
John Penry · Witness of John Penry · Open in the reader
Printed
… magnifie thy name: to talke of thy beneficence, and to craue thy mercy. Wee humbliehumbly beſeech thee therfore by thy ſpirit to diſpoſe of our ſouls, our hearts, and …
With rule
… magnifie thy name: to talke of thy beneficence, and to craue thy mercy. Wee humbliehumbly beſeech thee therfore by thy ſpirit to diſpoſe of our ſouls, our hearts, and …
Theodore Beza · Household Prayers · Open in the reader
Printed
… part, and their owne vnworthineſſe on the other, as Hee approaches vnto them, they humbliehumbly fall downne, and worſhip Him. This their behauiour teaches vs, that whereſoeuer the Lord …
With rule
… part, and their owne vnworthineſſe on the other, as Hee approaches vnto them, they humbliehumbly fall downne, and worſhip Him. This their behauiour teaches vs, that whereſoeuer the Lord …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 533 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may be multiplied in heauen, in the Court of the King of Kings: I humbliehumbly take my leaue.
With rule
… may be multiplied in heauen, in the Court of the King of Kings: I humbliehumbly take my leaue.
Richard Stock · The Doctrine and Use of Repentance · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Garden of Zion B01751

Printed
HumblieHumbly your ſinne, and returne timeouſly
With rule
HumblieHumbly your ſinne, and returne timeouſly
Zacharie Boyd · The Garden of Zion · p. 387 · Open in the reader